Friday, November 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Lodge Room, Los Angeles
For nearly a decade as a duo, and longer still as solo artists, **Armand Hammer** have left a palpable mark on modern rap and hip-hop. At turns both sharp-witted and soul-crushing, their lyrics unspool threads of socio-political, historical, and philosophical import with a potent blend of incisive critique, gallows humor, and narrative élan. *Mercy* is the first Armand Hammer album since 2023's ***We Buy Diabetic Test Strips, ***a project that **The Observer (UK)** described as *"an exceptional record that deserves your time and headphones" *and* ***The*** ***Line Of Best Fit*** *deemed* "their headiest and most impressive work thus far." *On* *2021's *Haram, *their first with The Alchemist, the duo *"drag postcolonial wounds onto the examination table"* (**Pitchfork**). **Beats Per Minute **called it* "a tremendous success." * Earlier this year, billy woods released ***GOLLIWOG, ****"“a densely poetic, totally masterful tour de force" *(**Rolling Stone**) and *"one of 2025's truly essential albums" *(**The** **FADER**). Meanwhile, ELUCID's "*enthralling*" (**MOJO**) 2024 album ***REVELATOR*** was described by **Pitchfork **as*** **"soul food for those who know a better world is possible if we're willing to fight for it."* **The New York Times,** in naming *REVELATOR* one of their Best Albums Of 2024, called it *"**a dense, overdriven, fiercely abrasive album that cranks up the tradition of Public Enemy’s Bomb Squad productions for 21st-century impact."*